Should Children Be Going to Spas?

I'm fascinated by this story about parents who take their kids to day spas for massages, manicures and facials. “I got a massage and I loved it! It’s sooooo relaxing,” one 11-year-old girl said of her first spa experience, which she had at age 9. Do you think it's appropriate for third-graders and fourth-graders to have spa treatments?

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5 years

one more comment before i go, i hope you know that they actually make spas for kids only , but still A SPA FOR PETS!! THATS A DAMN SHAME! and u say people r spoiling their children, WHAT DOES A DOG NEED WITH A MUD BATH AND A MASSAGE WITH FACIAL???? THEY EVEN GIVE THEM THE CUCUMBERS FOR THEIR EYES. you know how many dogs have ate those cucumbers? u might as well feed them a snack with the cucumbers!

5 years

Hold up wait a min. Im going to comment again, y'all saying that children shouldn't go to spas but you would take you pets to a spa!?!? C'mon, DOG to a spa before you let you 12 year old daughter or son GO. C'MON PEOPLE!!! THAT'S STUPID!!! I'm PISSED NOW. now i can say anybody under 8 years old shouldn't be at a spa. that's a place to relax, but I would rather do facials for any little kid then to be standing around MASSAGING SOME DOG BACK!!!!! I mean r u serious!

5 years

Okay, everybody comments doesn't make sense to me. I think children should have the choice to get pampered up like their parents. I don't think its fair that you people think that children shouldn't be allowed to go a spa. Just because they are kids, dosen't mean they dont have problems and stress on them just like adults. You ppeople think that they just children, all they have to do is go to school,take a bath, eat, sleep,and they just havin the happiest time of their life, NO! THAT'S WRONG! Alot of kids every where is stressing over alot of things. If you think about it, y'all were kids once. You know exactly what I'm talking about. It's not all about spoiling the children, it's about them having the same good treatment as their parents.

I hate to see my brother's baby girl who's 3 years old gettin manicure and pedicure sometimes too, while I never did that her age!
spoiled princess lol am worried for when she grows up she then turns into another Paris Hilton!

I hate to see my brother's baby girl who's 3 years old gettin manicure and pedicure sometimes too, while I never did that her age!spoiled princess lol am worried for when she grows up she then turns into another Paris Hilton!

OK. So, I guess we're weird in our family. My daughter and I have gone and gotten our nails done together several times. Is that a bad thing/ No. She likes her nails to be painted and sometimes it's nice to have someone else do it. It's only a few bucks for the kid mani/pedi at the local salon, so we go for it. And the spa thing? I can see us doing that eventually, too. It depends on the kid.

i will not bring my child(in the future) to spa at the age of 11! i think that 15 is a more appropriate age to start bringing them to spa with me.
and with the massage part, you can get massage from a chiropractor. and it works better because a chiropractor should know better :\

i will not bring my child(in the future) to spa at the age of 11! i think that 15 is a more appropriate age to start bringing them to spa with me.and with the massage part, you can get massage from a chiropractor. and it works better because a chiropractor should know better :\

Y'know, I'm fine with a home mani/pedi for younger kids. My mom and sisters and I all did that. A 9-year-old who is stressed out enough to need a massage, however, has many more problems than the general inappropriateness of kid spas.
(And the way most kids "behave" these days, I would NOT want them anywhere near my spa!)

Y'know, I'm fine with a home mani/pedi for younger kids. My mom and sisters and I all did that. A 9-year-old who is stressed out enough to need a massage, however, has many more problems than the general inappropriateness of kid spas.(And the way most kids "behave" these days, I would NOT want them anywhere near my spa!)

I definitely think the thought of kids getting regular mani's and pedi's along with massages is pretty odd. Who would spend that money on a kid who's going to chip the paint and probably isn't stressed out anyways? That being said I do remember when I was 10 or 11 having the worst growing pains in my back and being in a spa with my mom while she was getting her eyebrows done and begging for a massage cuz it hurt so bad. So I guess I could only reason a massage for a kid if it was medical.

Hey, I have some designer clothing. It's not a ridiculous thing when the items are worn very often; you're getting the moneys worth for good quality. Having all designer clothing is a little crazy however some isn't horrible.

I think treating them to a mani/pedi every now and then, is fine. However getting massages and facials are too much at that age. Although once their teens I think it would be nice to treat them to that.

this is what rich people do when they have too much money to spend. some kids can barely even afford to eat everyday, and parents think its a good idea to send their kids to spas? its as ridiculous as buying kids designer clothing -_-

I think maybe a manicure here or there at like 12 years old is okay. But spa services..no way. I just think it ends up making the kids spoiled because they aren't taught to work for something like that. Or I could just be completely jealous because I can't afford to go to the spa..lol.